Currency
Currency of Bulgaria - Bulgarian Lev
The official currency of Bulgaria is the lev. Each lev is further divided into 100 stotinka. The currency is issued by the Bulgarian National Bank and is in the form of both notes and coins. It is denoted on international markets, by the three letters BGN.
Coins are issued as 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 stotinki and 1 lev and the notes are issued as 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 leva. (Leva is the plural of lev).
The word lev is derived from a very old Bulgarian word meaning lion.
The official currency of Bulgaria is the lev. Each lev is further divided into 100 stotinka. The currency is issued by the Bulgarian National Bank and is in the form of both notes and coins. It is denoted on international markets, by the three letters BGN.
Coins are issued as 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 stotinki and 1 lev and the notes are issued as 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 leva. (Leva is the plural of lev).
The word lev is derived from a very old Bulgarian word meaning lion.
